No, no, no, no. As someone who suffered remarkable mental turmoil over my inability to focus, despite reading books about it, asking everyone for help with my problems, just no, I hate this kind of puritanical thinking, it's exactly this kind of thinking which adds to the stigma of ADHD medication. The very first _day_ I took the medication I knew I'd stumbled upon something monumental. And then I realized that all those years of struggle in school and college, they were all for naught.
The only right answer is: see a psychologist if you think you have a problem, and get medicated if you and your psychologist feels you do have a problem.
> In reality, you may have benefited greatly by spending your formative years teaching yourself coping mechanisms and learning good study habits before introducing ADHD medication.
Nope. It just shit on my self-esteem and resulted in depression because I thought I was just not cut out for the things I wanted to be able to do.